When Raggedy Ann dropped from the kite, the wind caught
in her skirts and carried her along until she fell
in the fork of the large elm tree directly over Marcella’s
house. When Raggedy Ann fell with a thud, face
up in the fork of the tree, two robins who had a nest
near by flew chattering away.

Presently the robins returned and quarreled at Raggedy
Ann for laying so close to their nest, but Raggedy
Ann only smiled at them and did not move.

When the robins quieted down and quit their quarreling,
one of them hopped up closer to Raggedy Ann in order
to investigate.

It was Mamma Robin. She called to Daddy Robin
and told him to come. “See the nice yarn!
We could use it to line the nest with,” she said.

So the robins hopped closer to Raggedy Ann and asked
if they might have some of her yarn hair to line their
nest. Raggedy Ann smiled at them. So the
two robins pulled and tugged at Raggedy Ann’s
yarn hair until they had enough to line their nest
nice and soft.

Evening came and the robins sang their good night
songs, and Raggedy Ann watched the stars come out,
twinkle all night and disappear in the morning light.
In the morning the robins again pulled yarn from Raggedy
Ann’s head, and loosened her so she could peep
over the side of the limb, and when the sun came up
Raggedy Ann saw she was in the trees in her own yard.

Now before she could eat any breakfast, Marcella started
out to find Raggedy Ann. And, it was Marcella
herself who found her. And this is how she did
it.

Mamma Robin had seen Marcella with Raggedy Ann out
in the yard many times, so she began calling “Cheery!
Cheery!” and Daddy Robin started calling “Cheery!
Cheery! Cheer up! Cheer up! Cheerily
Cheerily! Cheery! Cheery!” And Marcella
looking up into the tree above the house to see the
robins, discovered Raggedy Ann peeping over the limb
at her.

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Oh, how her heart beat with happiness. “Here
is Raggedy Ann,” she shouted.

And Mamma and Daddy came out and saw Raggedy smiling
at them, and Daddy got the clothes prop and climbed
out of the attic window and poked Raggedy Ann out
of the tree and she fell right into Marcella’s
arms where she was hugged in a tight embrace.

“You’ll never go up on a kite again, Raggedy
Ann!” said Marcella, “for I felt so lost
without you. I will never let you leave me again.”

So Raggedy Ann went into the house and had breakfast
with her little mistress and Mamma and Daddy smiled
at each other when they peeped through the door into
the breakfast room, for Raggedy Ann’s smile was
wide and very yellow. Marcella, her heart full
of happiness, was feeding Raggedy Ann part of her
egg.